Ajaja Foods

• resultFail
• critical violations5
• last inspectedJune 26, 2018
• address1901 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago 60623
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Ajaja Foods clean?

Ajaja Foods is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 26, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 5 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Ajaja Foods?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 26, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • FOUND THE WALK-IN REFRIGERATION UNIT IN THE REAR UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THE PROPER TEMPERATURE OF 40F OR LESS: THE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF THE REACH-IN REFRIGERATOR WAS 48.2F AT TIME OF INSPECTION. THE REFRIGERATION UNIT WAS TAGGED AND CANNOT BE USED UNTIL RE-INSPECTED BY CDPH AFTER THE COOLER MAINTAINS AN INTERNAL AIR TEMPERATURE OF 40F OR LESS. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUDS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN REFRIGERATOR THAT WAS TAGGED: FOUND DELI MEATS AT 48.7F, BREAKFAST SAUSAGE AT 49F, BACON AT 48.4F, LUNCHABLES AT 48.5F, AND HOT DOGS RANGING FROM 46-50F. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DENATURED AND TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION 180# OF FOOD WORTH APPROXIMATELY $1,000. ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MUST MAINTAIN A TEMPERATURE OF 40F OR LESS OR 140F OR MORE. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A
• 🚿water/temperature at the sink offcritical
  Water Source: Safe, Hot & Cold Under City Pressure • OBSERVED NO HOT WATER ON PREMISES: THE HOT WATER TEMPERATURE REACHED A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 67.8F AT TIME OF INSPECTION. ALL EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINKS MUST REACH A MINIMUM OF TEMPERATURE OF 85F AND THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK MUST REACH A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 110F. FACILITY WILL BE CLOSED AND CANNOT RE-OPEN UNTIL RE-INSPECTED BY CDPH AFTER HOT AND COLD WATER IS PROVIDED UNDER CITY PRESSURE THROUGHOUT FACILITY. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Sewage And Waste Water Disposal, No Back Siphonage, Cross Connection And/Or Back Flow • SEWAGE AND WASTE WATER DISPOSAL NOT MAINTAINED: OBSERVED 3 INCHES OF STANDING WASTE WATER IN THE BASEMENT WITH THE WASTE WATER PIPE ON THE CEILING ACTIVELY LEAKING ONTO THE BASEMENT FLOOR. FACILITY WILL BE CLOSED AND CANNOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. ALL SEWAGE AND WASTE WATER SHALL BE PROPERLY DISPOSED OF WITHOUT BACKING UP, LEAKING, OR BACK SIPHONING. MUST CONTACT A PLUMBER TO REPAIR ALL SEWAGE AND WASTE WATER VIOLATIONS PRIOR TO CONTACTING CDPH FOR A RE-OPENING INSPECTION. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • FOUND NO PAPER TOWELS AT THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM WASHBOWL SINK AND THE FRONT EXPOSED HAND SINK, FOUND NO SOAP AT THE REAR EXPOSED HAND SINK: ALL EXPOSED HAND SINKS AND WASHBOWLS SINKS MUST CONTAIN SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS WITH HOT/COLD RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors • FOUND EVIDENCE OF RODENT ACTIVITY ON PREMISES: OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 60-65 MICE AND RAT DROPPINGS IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST PROVIDED ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE ACTIVITY. ALL DROPPINGS MUST BE REMOVED FROM PREMISES AND THE AREAS WHERE DROPPINGS WERE OBSERVED MUST BE DETAIL CLEANED AND SANITIZED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020
• ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • THE MOST RECENT INSPECTION SUMMARY REPORT WAS NOT POSTED FROM FEBRUARY 15, 2018 REPORT#2145037: FACILITY IS REQUIRED TO POST THE MOST RECENT INSPECTION SUMMARY REPORT IN PLAIN VIEWING SITE OF CUSTOMERS AT ALL TIMES. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-010
  * Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • THE MOST RECENT INSPECTION SUMMARY REPORT WAS NOT POSTED FROM FEBRUARY 15, 2018 REPORT#2145037: FACILITY IS REQUIRED TO POST THE MOST RECENT INSPECTION SUMMARY REPORT IN PLAIN VIEWING SITE OF CUSTOMERS AT ALL TIMES. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-010
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST DETAIL CLEAN ALL SINKS, COUNTER TOPS, PREP AREAS, EQUIPMENT AND COOLERS. MUST REMOVE FOOD DEBRIS, DEAD INSECTS AND ALL GREASE AND GRIME.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DETAIL CLEAN WALLS THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DETAIL CLEAN WALLS THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST REMOVE ALL CLUTTER AND DEBRIS DIRECTLY OUTSIDE REAR EXIT DOOR AND ON STAIRS LEADING TO THE BASEMENT. REMOVE ALL OLD TIRES, EQUPMENT TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE. ALSO REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY FOOD ITEMS INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER.

When was Ajaja Foods last inspected?

Ajaja Foods has 6 inspections on record going back to December 3, 2015.

Ajaja Foods vs North Lawndale

North Lawndale runs 60% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 370 clean, 83 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in North Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 21% of them.

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated June 26, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.